A Matter of Moral Justice : Black Women Laundry Workers and the Fight for Justice

University of Illinois Press

A Matter of Moral Justice\nby J Carson\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 8\u20139 working days.\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: J Carson\nTitle: A Matter of Moral Justice\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Gender studies: women and girls\nPublisher: MO - University of Illinois Press\nPublication year: 2021\nISBN-13: 9780252085895\nISBN-10: 0252085892\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nA long-overlooked group of workers and their battle for rights and dignity Like thousands of African American women, Charlotte Adelmond and Dollie Robinson worked in New York's power laundry industry in the 1930s. Jenny Carson tells the story of how substandard working conditions, racial and gender discrimination, and poor pay drove them to help unionize the city's laundry workers. Laundry work op.